diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
index 6e6e0a117ee2fe16061ae8e0b77a51aaacd3336b..8ec5d74ad44d75e4fb9d7c871b0ddd95654c74d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -3048,6 +3048,9 @@ int be_cmd_get_func_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 
 		adapter->max_event_queues = le16_to_cpu(desc->eq_count);
 		adapter->if_cap_flags = le32_to_cpu(desc->cap_flags);
+
+		/* Clear flags that driver is not interested in */
+		adapter->if_cap_flags &=  BE_IF_CAP_FLAGS_WANT;
 	}
 err:
 	mutex_unlock(&adapter->mbox_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.h
index 5228d88c5a024e8e20be18e4f9fec69de7865e42..1b3b9e886412ddd689a0abbee536e6ba0d4ad50c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.h
@@ -563,6 +563,12 @@ enum be_if_flags {
 	BE_IF_FLAGS_MULTICAST = 0x1000
 };
 
+#define BE_IF_CAP_FLAGS_WANT (BE_IF_FLAGS_RSS | BE_IF_FLAGS_PROMISCUOUS |\
+			 BE_IF_FLAGS_BROADCAST | BE_IF_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISCUOUS |\
+			 BE_IF_FLAGS_VLAN | BE_IF_FLAGS_MCAST_PROMISCUOUS |\
+			 BE_IF_FLAGS_PASS_L3L4_ERRORS | BE_IF_FLAGS_MULTICAST |\
+			 BE_IF_FLAGS_UNTAGGED)
+
 /* An RX interface is an object with one or more MAC addresses and
  * filtering capabilities. */
 struct be_cmd_req_if_create {